I'm beautiful in my way'Cause God makes no mistakesI'm on the right track baby I was born this wayDon't hide yourself in regret Just love yourself & you're setI'm on the right track baby I was born this way

Well, now that the castleland advent calendar is over, I think I can share my Castle xmas creations with everyone now. I guess it's kind of late lol but maybe some of you will wanna hold on to the holiday spirit a little longer :)

Nearly every time he showed up at her door was unexpected, but tonight was particularly unexpected. On none of the previous occasions when he came by unannounced did he bring along a tree – an actual, formerly living pine tree.

“Castle, what are doing?”

“It’s Christmas, you need a Christmas tree.”

“I have a tree.”

“What, that little thing?” He gestured to the ceramic, light up tree on the side table. “That is not a Christmas tree.”

“I still don’t see why I need a tree, no one’s going to see it.”

“You will. Besides, I can’t fit your present under the one you have.”

She rolled her eyes, but stepped aside to let him in. Still skeptical, she watched with an amused smirk as he walked around the apartment with it, trying to find the best place to put it.

“So Castle… what exactly are we decorating this tree with? As you may have noticed, my current tree requires no ornaments, so I don’t exactly keep a box of them around.”

He groaned. “I knew I forgot something! Oh well, we can fix that. Get your coat.”

She had been eyeing it all night: that little green sprig of troublesome mistletoe. She carefully avoided it, being sure not to venture anywhere near it. Knowing their friends, she suspected there might be a conspiracy to try and trick her and Castle into standing beneath it. Truth be told, she was a little afraid of what might happen and what she might feel if he kissed her. A public spectacle wasn’t what she had in mind for their first kiss… though she supposed she shouldn’t be thinking about a first kiss at all.

It was getting late and the party was winding down when Castle approached her with an unreadable expression. “Come here, I want to show you something.”

Wordlessly she followed him down the hall to his study until they were standing in the centre of the room.

“What did you want to show me?”

He looked upwards and she followed his gaze, her sights setting on the mistletoe carefully hung with a red ribbon.

“Oh.” Good one Kate, she scolded herself, great detective work there.

And then his lips pressed against hers and she began to reconsider her earlier sentiment; maybe mistletoe wasn’t so bad after all.

Nearly every time he showed up at her door was unexpected, but tonight was particularly unexpected. On none of the previous occasions when he came by unannounced did he bring along a tree – an actual, formerly living pine tree.

Actually loled. That is SO something Castle would do. Thanks for sharing these festive treats!